August

It's August. Faculty workshops start tomorrow; classes begin next week.  My years don't exist January-December; my years are August - May.  It's a nice arrangement and I like it. 

Yesterday, as I passed under the trees near the swimming pool, I noticed all of these yellow fluttery things littering the ground.  They were fallen leaves! In August! On a 97 degree day!  I guess even in the middle of the hottest month of the year, God is still reminding me that change is coming.  I love how He does that.

I also love:

* a new storehouse of mechanical pencils and composition notebooks (back-to-school sales are fabulous)

* being back in the gym after a much-prolonged absence (this body needs some serious gym time)

* a sister mini-vacation at the beach at the end of this month (The Beach and Sisters = quite possibly the most amazing combination ever :)

* knowing this year I'll watch my first set of freshmen graduate with their college degrees

* prepping for a new semester and praying for my newest batch of students (they have no idea what they're in for with my Intro to Composition class.  <insert evil cackle here> )

* Psalm 27.  My Light and My Salvation.  Love it.